This Friday, 25th November, penguins will be brought to the Idlewells Shopping Centre in Nottingham to entertain crowds at their âEUR~Black FridayâEUR(TM) launch. Animal campaigners have voiced urgent concerns that the penguins will be exposed to large crowds

Federal animal cruelty legislation has been introduced in Congress, but it has not yet passed. The Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) would empower the FBI and U.S. Attorneys to prosecute animal abuse cases across state lines.

New York-based investors are eyeing CameroonâEUR(TM)s rainforests for industrial-scale oil palm plantations. U.S. diplomats strong-armed the Cameroonian government into pushing the project through against the will of the local people, who are fighting to keep

Video of the confrontation live streamed by the protesters appeared to show law enforcement using tear gas and a water cannon, and protesters complained of being doused with water in the frigid temperatures. Well ABC picked up the story on internet.

Asian restaurants in Los Angeles and New York have been serving live octopus dishes. In Los Angeles, where a California loophole allows the live slaughter of seafood, such dishes are openly advertised.

In the past fifteen years, three species of Indian vultures have declined by a cumulative 97% - one of which has declined by a frightening 99%. Once populous, these vulture species are now very close to extinction.